White House to Host Online Town Hall

Discussion Will Focus on Women's Health and the Affordable Care Act

As part of their focus on women’s health, the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are inviting members of the public to participate online in a Women’s Health Town Hall on Thursday, June 7, 2012.

The event will be streamed live from the White House and the HHS websites from 10 am to 11:30 am ET. 

The event will be an interactive, open dialogue about how the health care law, the Affordable Care Act, is improving the health of women and their families. 

Those interested in taking part are encouraged to submit questions using the Twitter hashtag #WomensHealth or on the HHS Facebook page.

Participants include: Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tina Tchen, Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls and Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, Cecilia Muñoz, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Mayra Alvarez, Director of Public Health Policy, Office of Health Reform, Health and Human Services, Caya Lewis, Counselor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Judy Waxman, Vice President of the National Women’s Law Center, Margarita Bertsos, Health Editor of REDBOOK, and Kelly Wallace, Chief Correspondent and Executive Director of Digital Video of iVillage. 

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